Letters to the editor: Aug. 18

You let officials skate on late Northwestern construction

Your Aug. 16 editorial regarding campus roadwork was a pretty lame piece of writing. The most integral part of our local economy is being inconvenienced by road construction projects and all you can say is to "deal" with it.

Your editorial space would be better served if you called out local and state officials on their extremely poor planning on getting these projects completed. Purdue classes always start roughly the same time, but for some reason our illustrious planners haven't figured that out yet. Not only does this concern the Northwestern Avenue project, but also the U.S. 231 bypass. It appears that it has been basically finished for quite some time, but will not be opened for another month. If it were completed, it would take a lot of traffic pressure off of campus. Obviously, another point missed by local officials.

Shame on you for letting the real culprits off the hook.

Bernie Kroll

Lafayette

Don't use the church to promote your agenda

Isn't it amazing how loud the other side can get when the shoe pinches their foot? Christianity has been banned from public places. Now Christians are expected to accept, on property dedicated to God's purposes, practices that are identified as sin in the Bible. We welcome you to come for receiving forgiveness and cleansing of the sin, but not for the promotion of it.

Joanne Crussel

Lafayette

Hope the House curbs president's actions now

The president is claiming Republicans want to shut the government down over Obamacare. We know he dislikes the Constitution, and refuses to obey it regularly, but we need a refresher of what it says.

"All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills." - Article I, Section 7, Clause 1.

From The Federalist No. 58: "The ... power over the purse may, in fact, be regarded as the most complete and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people, for obtaining a redress of every grievance ..."

If the House funds all of government except Obamacare, and the Senate does not agree to such a resolution or Barack Obama vetoes it, only Harry Reed and Obama will be responsible for shutting down government. With a president who believes he can rewrite laws by executive order and ignore constitutional limitations, the only question is how much of a dictator will the American people tolerate. Obama believes he can and should rule alone, without the need of legislative support or cooperation, and has stated many times that is his intent.

We can only hope that the House curbs Obama's shredding of our republic and rule of law by denying funds and that the populace can see the danger in not doing so. The president swears to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Obama has not.